Evaluating distance education of a mindfulness-based meditation programme for chronic pain management
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare March 1, 2008 Jacqueline Gardner-Nix, Stéphanie Backman, Julianna Barbati et al.
Summary Patients with chronic pain were recruited from two large urban hospitals and from rural hospitals in Ontario. Patients on the waiting list served as controls. The intervention was a Mindfulness-Based Chronic Pain Management course, delivered to patients for two hours per week for 10 weeks. Pre- and postcourse measures of quality of life, pain catastrophizing and usual pain ratings were...